# University Recruiter at Perplexity

> United States · Unspecified · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aperplexity%3A9ffca709-f4e1-40e7-81bf-270ff73c7a50 (read 2026-11-07).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Perplexity](https://alderhq.app/companies/perplexity)
- Location text: San Francisco; New York City
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco; New York City")
- Posted: 2026-11-05 (3 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-05 · last verified: 2026-11-05
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 1 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/perplexity/9ffca709-f4e1-40e7-81bf-270ff73c7a50

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $165k–$200k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 2435): p25 $100k, median $157k, p75 $210k

## Description (the employer's text)

Each year, Perplexity hires an exceptional cohort of early career talent to join our technical team. We’re looking for a University Recruiter to architect our early career programs and shape our strategy for attracting and evaluating the world’s most elite early-career talent.

This is a full-stack role where you’ll be responsible for all aspects of campus lifecycle recruiting: building relationships with external organizations, driving partnerships with internal stakeholders, and running full-cycle recruiting for all candidates. You’ll enjoy incredible latitude to design our programs and candidate experiences end-to-end, along with high-taste playbooks for how we bring the best and brightest to Perplexity.

### What You’ll Do

Own full-cycle recruiting process for all early career candidates from sourcing to closing.

Partner closely with leaders at Perplexity on workforce planning, hiring strategy, and candidate evaluation.

Build and scale a strategy that goes far beyond the usual playbooks. Explore creative, unconventional ways to build a talent brand and foster relationships that help uncover hidden superstar talent.

Plan and execute campus programming including but not limited to technical talks, coding competitions and hackathons, on-campus interviews, and VIP events.

### What You Bring

4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience owning university, campus, intern or early-career hiring.

Strong organizational mindset–this role is high volume and pressure, juggling multiple workstreams and candidates that you’ll have to manage.

Willingness to travel up to 25%, concentrated during fall and spring recruiting seasons.

### Nice to Have

Existing relationships with top CS, ML and engineering programs, research labs or competitive programming communities (ICPC, USACO, etc.).

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